Open Studio – HALFLANTS + PICHETTE

Open Studio – Halflants + Pichette

Halflants + Pichette

1350 5th Street, Suite 001, Sarasota, FL

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

5:30-7pm

Parking is available on along 5th Street and also Central Avenue

Light libations and snacks provided.

ABOUT HALFLANTS + PICHETTE

HALFLANTS + PICHETTE is an award-winning modern design-build studio with offices in Sarasota and Tampa. Our goal is to create thoughtful, high-quality modern architecture that responds to context and function. Our collaborative approach to modern architecture is process-oriented and deliberately avoids preconceived solutions. Halflants + Pichette provides a range of services that include architectural design, interior design, master planning, and full construction services. We treasure the diversity of our firm. We hail from nine countries across four continents, and speak five different languages.

The firm’s work is centered primarily on housing projects and single-family residences, many of which are carried out as design-build ventures. Since its inception, the firm was honored with over fifty American Institute of Architects awards, more than any other practice in the State of Florida. The practice has also garnered five national medals from the Association of Licensed Architects as well as the Tampa Bay AIA Firm of the Year award. Halflants+ Pichette Studio for Modern Architecture has been recognized in the professional press at both state and national levels. The work was published in nine issues of the Florida Caribbean Architect, the quarterly regional publication of the AIA.

On four separate occasions, a residence completed by Halflants + Pichette was featured as the publication’s cover. The work has also been illustrated in Dwell Magazine, AIArchitect, and Residential Architect. In 2017, the AIA honored John Pichette with the Annual Builder of the Year award for the State of Florida. The following year, Michael Halflants was recognized with the AIA Florida Medal of Honor for Design, the highest award for a design that AIA Florida can bestow on an architect.

ABOUT OPEN STUDIOS

As part of Past is Prologue, Architecture Sarasota is offering opportunities to tour three local firms innovating and contributing to the preservation and legacy of the Sarasota School of Architecture. On Wednesdays during the month of May, explore past, present, and future projects, get to know members of the team, and enjoy a drink and a nibble with Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors, Inc., Oasis Landscape Architecture, and Halflants + Pichette.

ABOUT PAST IS PROLOGUE

Historic Preservation is not about freezing historic sites and our built heritage in time, but working with residents and stakeholders to sensitively manage the change necessary to ensure our communities flourish. This year, Architecture Sarasota is celebrating National Historic Preservation Month by offering a range of activities under the theme of "Past is Prologue," emphasizing the role of preservation in safeguarding historic places while addressing current and future needs. Throughout May 2025, the organization is hosting lectures, open studios of local firms, excursions, and a Historic Preservation 101 course led by President Marty Hylton. The month concludes with an on-line auction, celebration, and an update on the organization's various initiatives including the Restoring a Sense of Place Disaster Recovery and Preserving the Manufactured Housing Communities of Sarasota County, among others.